agents.anac.y2011.TheNegotiator
Class TheNegotiator

java.lang.Object
  negotiator.Agent
      agents.anac.y2011.TheNegotiator.TheNegotiator

public class TheNegotiator
extends Agent

The TheNegotiator class specifies a negotiation agent in the GENIUS domain.

Author:

Alex Dirkzwager, Mark Hendrikx, Julian de Ruiter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class negotiator.Agent

fNegotiation, parametervalues, sessionNr, sessionsTotal, startTime, strategyParameters, timeline, totalTime, utilitySpace

Constructor Summary

TheNegotiator()

Method Summary

Action	chooseAction() Choose an action to perform.
java.lang.String	getName()
static java.lang.String	getVersion()
void	init() init is called when a next session starts with the same partner.
void	ReceiveMessage(Action partnerAction) Store the actions made by a partner.

Methods inherited from class negotiator.Agent

endSession, getAgentID, getParameterValues, getSessionNumber, getSessionsTotal, getStrategyParameters, getUniqueIdentifier, getUtility, internalInit, isUIAgent, loadSessionData, parseStrategyParameters, restartDataObjectsFolder, saveSessionData, setAgentID, setName, sleep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TheNegotiator

public TheNegotiator()

Method Detail

init

public void init()

init is called when a next session starts with the same partner.

Overrides:

init in class Agent

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Overrides:

getName in class Agent

Returns:

name of the agent.

ReceiveMessage

public void ReceiveMessage(Action partnerAction)

Store the actions made by a partner.

Overrides:

ReceiveMessage in class Agent

Parameters:

action - by partner in current turn

chooseAction

public Action chooseAction()

Choose an action to perform.

Specified by:

chooseAction in class Agent

Returns:

(should return) the bid-action the agent wants to make.